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Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Wind-powered Dutch ship sets sail for greener future

February 20, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

The world’s first chemical tanker ship fitted with massive rigid aluminum “sails” has left Rotterdam, its owner hoping to plot a route to bringing down the shipping industry’s huge carbon footprint. The MT Chemical Challenger, a 16,000-tonne chemicals transporter set […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Survival of fittest for commodities shipping firms in 2016

December 28, 2015

Via: Reuters

Shipping companies that transport commodities such as coal, iron ore and grain face a painful year ahead, with only the strongest expected to weather a deepening crisis caused by tepid demand and a surplus of vessels for hire. The predicament […]